ERA strikers eat again after defeat Illinois

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With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World,
Edited By Karla Vallance /
June 24, 1982

Springfield, Ill.

Stunned by defeat in the Illinois House, seven women fasting for the Equal Rights Amendment Wednesday ended their hunger strike in their 37th day without food.

While they called their fast a success, they conceded Tuesday's defeat in the House proved the ERA is dead for now. Said group leader Sonia Johnson: ''Perhaps we have lost a battle, but we know we are going to win the war.''